fractions: agreement, hyphenation, and style

How a fraction takes a verb, and when it takes a hyphen.

Hyphenate a simple fraction in every use: a two-thirds share, two-thirds of the votes. The verb follows the noun after of: Two-thirds of the cake is gone. Two-thirds of the clerks are gone.

Examples

Usea two-thirds majority

UseTwo-thirds of the paper is wet.

UseTwo-thirds of the pages are wet.

Avoida two thirds majority